Internet users may soon face identity checks to access online adult content in the UK, according to the Guardian. A scheme proposed by the pornography industry would see porn websites verifying visitors’ identity with organizations such as banks, credit reference agencies and etc.

“This is cutting-edge censorship,” said Myles Jackman, a lawyer specializing in obscenity law. “We are now becoming the world leaders in online censorship. And we are being watched very closely from abroad.”Not only have the draconian proposals been blasted for censorship, they also pose privacy concerns.

A number of high-profile figures, including Stephen Fry and Simon Cowell, decided to join a Twitter campaign to find missing kids. They reached out to their 22m followers in support of the charity Missing People on May 25, the International Missing Children’s Day.

AdultFriendFinder.com, an online dating site with 64 million members, is reporting a data breach. A popular website for dating and casual sexual relationships has been hacked, with personal details of people looking for hook-ups splayed online. A database of 4 million of AdultFriendFinder.com’s members was found on the online forum for hackers, including users’ sexual preferences, e-mail addresses, marital status, nude pics, dates of birth and physical addresses.

India’s Department of Telecom (DoT) asked Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to block the URLs of Uber, Olacabs, TaxiForSure and Angel.

The authorities said that these companies were not operating legally as they were running cab operations without the necessary licences. Commenting on this issue, Rajesh Chharia, President, Internet Service Providers Association of India (ISPAI) said, “We can only block http websites and not the https. We have contacted to the telecom department that sites with high encryption codes cannot be blocked by us.” Since, the Uber and Ola are https sites; therefore, they could not be blocked. However, TaxiForSure website has been blocked in Delhi with immediate effect.

More than 70 American Airlines flights have been delayed in the past two days after an iPad app used by pilots crashed.

One passenger told the business news site Quartz: "The pilot came on and said that his first mate's iPad powered down unexpectedly, and his had too, and that the entire 737 fleet on American had experienced the same behaviour.